According to an ABC News artilce published on 31 July 2020, a senior federal Border Force officer allowed 2,700 people to disembark the Ruby Princess cruise ship mistakenly believing passengers had tested negative to COVID-19, when they had instead tested negative for the common flu.
Border Force command only realised the mistake more than 30 hours after passengers — including 13 who had been isolated in their cabins with fever — had left the ship.
The Ruby Princess COVID-19 cluster resulted in at least 662 infections and 21 deaths, the single biggest arrival of coronavirus on Australian shores.
- The Chinese navy has confronted Australian warships in the South China Sea en route to a military exercise with Japan and the U.S.
- Five ships, lead by HMA Canberra, were travelling through disputed waterways when they encountered the Chinese military
- The Joint Task Force was heading to the Philippine Sea at the time, where it planned to conduct military movements ahead of the biennial RIMPAC conference
- The exercise aimed to increase interoperability between the Australian, American, and Japnese navies, but came amid increasing tensions between the U.S. and China over territory in the South China Sea
- Speaking to the encounter, the Department of Defence said all "unplanned interactions with foreign warships throughout the deployment were conducted in a safe and professional manner"….
'Eve Black' dramatically arrested in Melbourne week after she filmed hersel laughing her way through a Bunyip Victoria police checkpoint. She was detained around 2pm on 29 July in arrest that forced police to smash her car window. Now facing up to $10k fine [News Corp 31.07.20]— no_filter_Yamba (@no_filter_Yamba) August 1, 2020
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- Kyogle postcode 2474 – 3,336 individuals paid $24.66 million
- Ballina postcode 2478 – 15,690 individuals paid $186.06 million
- Lismore postcode 2480 – 24,989 individuals paid $207.96 million
- Byron Bay postcode 2481 – 9,050 individuals paid $114.50 million
- Tweed Heads postcode 2485 – 7,709 individuals paid $66.43million
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Former PM Tony Abbott, Alan Jones & George Pell ate at an exclusive club days before a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 [Daily Mail 01.08.70]. So were these men guests of a member. Or has the Australian Club sunk so low that it would now accept one this trio as a member?— no_filter_Yamba (@no_filter_Yamba) August 2, 2020
Chief Commissioner Patton said in the past week police had seen a trend of people calling themselves "sovereign citizens" who "don't think the law applies to them".
"We've seen them at checkpoints baiting police, not providing a name and address," he said.
"On at least four occasions in the last week, we've had to smash the windows of cars and pull people out to provide details because they weren't adhering to the Chief Health Officer's guidelines, they weren't providing their name and address."